Vehicle-wheel.



E. JONES.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 6, 1913.

1,094,574, Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

EDWIN JONES, OF GREENFIELD, NEAR HOLYWELL, WALES.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

To all @071 am it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN JONES, a subjectof the King of England, residing at The Poplars, Greenfield, nearHolywell, in the county of Flint, WVales, engineer, have inventedcertain Improvements in or Relating to Vehicle-Vheels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has reference to a wheel for vehicles, more particularlymotor vehicles, of that kind which is characterized by the use of cupsor receptacles attached to a wheel felly and a tire-carrying rimrespectively, which cups or receptacles are of greater length in thedirection of the circumference of the felly and rim than breadth; andthe employment of inflatable bags or tubes, each of which, when inflatedlies in part within a cup of the felly and the opposite cup of the outerrim.

One object of the present invention is to provide simple and convenientmeans for insuring the prevention of the cutting or nipping of the endsof a bag or bags or tubes by the edges of its or their containing cupsor receptacles when the latter approach each other, due to road shocksand vibrations, and also to assist in preventing relativecircumferential displacement between the wheel felly and the outer rim.To accomplish this object there is disposed loosely within the oppositeends of each pair of said cups, pieces or disks of india-rubber or itsequivalent, which span or bridge the spaces between the ends of a pair.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for positivelypreventing relative circumferential displacement between the wheel fellyand the outer rim, either alone or in combination with said bagprotecting means; and to this end there is provided on or connected withsaid felly and tire rim, respectively, meeting or engaging stop orbuffer elements, so arranged that while preventing such circumferentialdisplacement in the forward travel of the wheel, radial displacementsare permitted.

I will describe my invention with the aid of the accompanying sheet ofexplanatory drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, partly insection, of a vehicle wheel provided with my improvements, the inflatedbags or tubes being removed. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the rim.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 6, 1913.

Patented Apr-.28, 1914..

Serial No. 793,507.

(2 represents a wheel felly constructed of wood and Z) a metal rim orhoop shrunk on to the periphery thereof, 0 indicates metal cups orreceptacles riveted to said felly rim 5, and (Z are metal cups orreceptacles arranged to pair with those of the felly rimriveted to theouter rim 6, the ends 0 al of said cups 0 (Z, respectively, extendoutwardly somewhat from the bases or bottoms of the cups; is a rubbertire or tread secured in the clencher edges of said rim 6.

g (Fig. 1) represents pieces or disks of indiarubber removably fittedwithin the opposite ends of the cups 0, 61, forming a pair, which disksbridge or span the spaces between the ends of the cups pairs, andprotect the ends of the bags h (Fig. 2).

i, j, are metal buffer or stop pieces riveted to the ends of cups 0, (Z,respectively, and which in practice are in sliding contact with eachother for preventing circumferential displacement of the felly arelatively to rim 0. Any other suitable arrangement of stop or bufferelements for effecting this purpose may, however, be employed.

7: (Fig. 2) indicates a valve of bag h, and Z are side protecting platessecured in position by means of transverse bolts m passed therethrough.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a vehicle wheel, a felly rim, a tirerim arranged circumferentially of said felly rim, oblong receptaclescarried by said felly rim, oblong receptacles carried by said tire rimand confronting the receptacles of said felly rim and cooperatingtherewith in supporting inflatable bags, cushions arranged at the innersides of the end walls of said receptacles, and buffers arranged at theouter sides of the end walls of said receptacles and adapted to preventcircumferential displacement of the tire rim relatively to the fellyrim.

2. In a vehicle wheel, a felly rim, a tire rim arrangedcircumferentially of said felly rim, a plurality of spaced oblongreceptacles secured to said felly rim, a plurality of spaced oblongreceptacles secured to said tire rim and confronting the receptacles ofsaid felly rim, bags arranged in said receptacles, cushions arrangedbetween the ends of said bags and the end walls of said receptacles,contacting buffers arranged be ends of said receptacles and adapted toprevent circumferential displacement of said tire rim relatively to saidfelly rim, side plates engaging said tire rim and inolosing saidreceptacles, and means extending between the ends of said receptaclesand connecting said side plates.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWIN JONES. Witnesses:

JOHN H. WALKER, Isonnr. WALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

VWashington, D. G.

